HLBishop

I started this as a place to share whatever it was that I was getting into. Knitting, photography, my dogs and horse and with the grace of Covid my plants, cakes and wood working. I do love power tools!!  I do have a couple wood working projects in the making. Well, one I have stated to cut out and the other, the lumber is leaning on the front door. (I don’t use my front door). I have finished a…

Tomorrow is a New Day!

Where do I start? This year has been extreme for me. It started with the passing of my auntie, she was 98 years old. A wonderful woman, cantankerous, opinionated, full of stories of what she remembered to be the truth, self efficient and fun-loving, a passion for crossword puzzles and ring word puzzles. My auntie came to live with us, I should say my grandfather shortly after the passing of his…

So with it being September/October, it’s about time to move the plants in. They have spent all summer long out on the back porch. I usually wait until we have weather that is consistently dropping into the low 50’s, and tonight it is going to 47, YEA!! Now my back porch it is covered by a white tarp so they get lots of beautiful indirect sunlight. A few of them get a couple hours of direct light…

Life is it not entertaining? Every turn is a new adventure!! I’ve been trying to write about, my plants, my horse and dogs, my knitting and crochet. And this thing called life keeps rolling in on me and my plans. Lol My plant collection has grown exponentially. What started out with a lonely Jade tree has become a decently sized indoor jungle. A few have died here and there but most have lived…

Anything that can quarantine you is not a good thing, especially if you have internet access. It allows you to entertain all sorts of hobbies. You can have assorts of stuff delivered to your door with out contaminating another human. Amazon and Ebay to name some biggies have profited tenfold from this. I am also not innocent in contributing to this, needless to say. However, I reserve my yarn…

Plants, they can be fickle. They can lift you up and then crush you all in few minutes. Break a leaf off and cry for the accident. The plant goes and acts like it is dieing. The leaves wilt and the stems sag. You baby it, say sweet things to it, give it yummy nutrients and she dramas on. I was dusting and broke a leaf with new growth and a small chunk of stem, with what might be a node on it. I…

So I am a little particular about what I like for decor and anything for that matter. I like a sweet and simple design with beauty and function, not all that much right? I have been searching for a shelving unit for several years. I wanted them to frame the tv and still be open and airy. I have had the enclosed designs that you can find in all your department store. I just didn’t want that. I had…

As with all my plant purchases I really don’t know a whole lot about them until I buy them and get them home. Same there with my first begonia. I found out it’s name is Rex. I have also found that there is a large variety of Rex’s.

I found this poor pathetic looking frosted red and green leafed plant in the clearance section of Walmart. $1.75 and it could be mine, and it was. Big yellow price…

What counts!

Plant people, I have noticed are constantly looking for the next plant and or pretty pot to put said plant in. I thought that I was going to avoid this. I found a nice looking pot that would go with any decor and I was going to put all my plants in that one style. I bought five, and this worked until I got more plants. My wondering Jew, Green and White Spider, Golden Pothos, Heart…

Not My Mom’s Aloe

My Lace Aloe

Like most plant enthusiasts starting out I wanted and Aloe. You know the one that you can use if you burn your finger and such, with green dotted spiked leaves. I never wanted to pay for it but I always have wanted one. No I did not acquire one through the means of my past acquisitions. I tried to propagate through the leaves and was never successful.

A friend gave me a lovely…

I was just learning about all the Pothos’s and how wonderful and easy they are to own. The golden pothos and its lovely motley of green and yellow leaves. That the golden can take a beating and keep on going. I learned recently that they cry on occasion. Yes cry, some call it sweating, but I think crying is a little bit better than sweating. It is actually “guttation”. (I googled it) It is a sign…

Well my post for today started out great. I got the laptop all ready to go and my pup and I all were all settled on the bed. He starts making gut noise and licks his mouth. He makes another grunty gut noise and again licks his lips. I swing my legs over the edge of the bed and my pup comes up beside me and promptly pukes down my leg and barely misses the bed. Oh fun. My poor guy, I gave him some…

My Echeveria Afterglow, the story behind this beauty is one similar to that of my Jade. I was shopping in a “you can get it all here” store and walked through the plant section again, and there was this leaf. It was just laying there, all alone, on the ground. I picked it up, I had no idea what type of succulent it was. I just knew it was one. I put it in my pocket and I finished my shopping. I…